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To: betty boop

If you hve a ping list, please include me - would find this book very valuable for my homeschooling. and you are right - as a FReeper, my position in the raging debate that has been going on has never been about suppressing the Creationist point of view (I have a degree in anthropology) - rather Ive tried to assert that the two camps might actually find themselves agreeing with each other more if the scientific method was actually held up to high standards. Science began as an attempt to understand the mind of God - and I believe God graced us with the intelligence to try and puzzle his Creation out - after all, a Creator desires that the Audience appreciate his creation through curiosity and enthusiasm. I just get tired of the straw men the Creationists pose for those interested in science, and REALLY tired of being told I am not a "real" Christian because I chose a position that defends the science behind the theory of evolution.


228 posted on 11/14/2006 10:27:45 PM PST by Alkhin ("I WANT TO BELIEVE" X-Files)
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To: Alkhin
Considering your views, I'm thinking you'll really like Timothy! Thank you for your encouragements.
243 posted on 11/14/2006 10:47:36 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alkhin
...the two camps might actually find themselves agreeing with each other more if the scientific method was actually held up to high standards. Science began as an attempt to understand the mind of God - and I believe God graced us with the intelligence to try and puzzle his Creation out - after all, a Creator desires that the Audience appreciate his creation through curiosity and enthusiasm. I just get tired of the straw men the Creationists pose for those interested in science, and REALLY tired of being told I am not a "real" Christian because I chose a position that defends the science behind the theory of evolution.

We see eye to eye here, Alkhin. Especially WRT your observation that the scientific method needs to be held to high[er] (epistemological) standards.

We very much kept in mind the home-schooling market while writing this book.

Thank you so much for writing!

262 posted on 11/15/2006 10:23:37 AM PST by betty boop (Beautiful are the things we see...Much the most beautiful those we do not comprehend. -- N. Steensen)
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